October 2013 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 15. Boat And Ship Yard News
The new Akilaria RC3 now being built at Maine Yacht Centre in Portland.
will set sail for St. Augustine, Florida from Thomaston. He will start the conquest from St. Augustine November 30th
. The public is invited to the send off at
Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding. Expected date and time is high noon Monday, September 30th
. Please contact the yard to confi rm 207- 354-6904 or check their Facebook page. A lot has happened in the two years since Paris started his pursuit. In the past year, two of the four records that Paris had on his list have been challenged and perhaps broken. The fi rst of these is the oldest person for a non-stop and non-assisted circumnav- igation. It was 56-year-old Dodge Morgan, but now it’s Jean Socrates, a UK citizen and resident of Canada, who after 25,000 miles and 259 days at sea, at the age of 70, has become the oldest person to sail solo around the world non-stop. Paris at 76 will still be older.
And then the speed record was possibly broken in what could be called a cruising boat when Guo Chan, a Chinese citizen, completed the voyage in 137 days breaking the 150-day record of Dodge Morgan earlier this summer. There is some question with this record, as he sailed from China and back and, like Jean Socrates, did not do the traditional passing under all fi ve capes. Regardless, Paris now intends to do it in 130 days or less.
Here are the records he is attempting to break: Oldest to solo circumnavigate, non- stop and non-assisted – 76; First to complete a green voyage - no gas, diesel, propane, etc; Break the 150-day record from Bermuda and back; and establish a St. Augustine and back
record via Bermuda. Since KIWI SPIRIT, hull 1 of the Paris 63 designed by Farr Yacht Design, was launched November 2012, Paris has won line honors during the 2013 Bermuda One Two. The demanding 630-mile race from Newport, Rhode Island to Bermuda began with being the fi rst to fi nish the solo leg by some six hours. For both the boat and the sailor it was their fi rst “serious” race. Twenty-three boats started but only sixteen fi nished. One developed a loose keel and the captain was rescued before the boat sunk. The others turned back because of the heavy weather, but KIWI SPIRIT plowed on, remaining on course for a comfortable line-honors victory. On the return leg, Dr. Paris was accompanied by his son, Alan, a 1995 veteran of the event and who subse- quently went on to enter and complete the 2002 “Around Alone” circumnavigation. At the fi nish line off Newport, KIWI SPIRIT, a true performance cruiser, was some eight and a half hours ahead of the second place fi nisher, RESOLUTE.
“I have to be very satisfi ed with the outcome,” said Paris. “It is my fi rst single and double-handed race, and while I made a bunch of mistakes that caused delays in sail handling, and sometimes the wrong choices of sails, I am learning with each decision. I am quite confi dent that Farr Yacht Design drew what I wanted and that Lyman-Morse built a strong and reliable yacht. I have confi dence in both and that is critical when you are pushing the limits as I and we did in this event.”
Next up was the 363-mile Marblehead
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